adverbial particle
English
Noun
adverbial particle (plural adverbial particles)
- (linguistics) The adverbial component of a phrasal verb; a word, typically a short one, which functions as an adverb accompanying and qualifying the verb component of a phrasal verb.
- In the phrasal verbs 'set up', 'throw away', 'shut down', 'carry out' and 'take over', the words 'up', 'away', 'down', 'out' and 'over' are the adverbial particles.
- The sentence 'He turns on everyone he meets' has very different meanings depending on whether the word 'on' is parsed as a preposition or as an adverbial particle.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with adverbial participle.
See also
- Category:English phrasal verbs
Further reading
Grammatical particle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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